essay
Nomadic movements
turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 108-121
By: McCabe, J. Terrence, Dyson-Hudson, Rada, Wienpahl, Jan.
Abstract
This document summarizes the causes and consequences of livestock mobility by nomadic herd owners in Southern Turkana. Based on detailed reconstructions of the movements of four herding families in Ngisonyoka over a period of more than three years, the document illustrates the complexity of nomadic pastoralism which was often misunderstood by developers and scholars alike. The study reveals that pastoral mobility is not an exclusive response to either environmental conditions or political events as previous studies tend to argue. Instead, it is a complex decision in which all environmental, political and social factors are important.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1982
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1982
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- J. Terrence McCabe, Rada Dyson-Hudson, and Jan Wienpahl
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCN
- 99219983
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)